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[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
Hello XDA community, i have solved all my previous phone problems via this site so I'm hoping this will get solved too.

Ok here goes, Yesterday i flashed Brains Bravo 1.9 ROM (for the second time(i figured its the most stable and whatnot)). After doing that it started up and asked me if i wanted to turn on 3G mobile data to this i replied no and i closed it. After that i turned off the phone (because i was getting all kinds of errors i have gotten before and solved by wiping everything.) As i was turning the phone on i noticed it was at the 1st Moto logo was on for a few seconds and then the screen turned off ,and back on. This time in a bootloop. i have tried using a different battery, pulling out the SIM and SD card but same thing happens i can't get it into recovery mode but i can get it into bootloader. So i figured its time to flash the stock SBF file and re do this whole process. While in RSD Lite i noticed that the screen kept flickering for a second or two and then it was fine. While it was nearing the end of the process (while it was rebooting) it suddenly said "please turn on phone manually" but the phone was stuck in a boot loop while it said this but the progress bar said 100% complete.

So xda community PLEASE HELP ME! :crying: , I really like this phone and i dot want to get a new one

PS: this is my first post so sorry if it isnt perfect.

PPS: last time i flashed bravo i applied the notification update but this time i forgot (just in case this info helps)

hopefully somone will have some answers and maby even a solution. :fingers-crossed:

Thanks for listening err. reading.
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
Do have a milestone xt720 or a motoroi xt720?
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
reply

i have a factory unlocked european motorola milestone xt720 from england
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
added problem

i forgot to mention just now i cannot charge i am using a battery from a dofferent phone just to turn it on and in bootloader
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
Does your phone go only to bootloader.
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
it goes into bootloader if i put in into it otherwise its only bootloop
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
help

Wrong link

I hope this link works if it does flash this sbf.
[Milestone XT720 General] yash.pranjale86:
Download android download tool ADT

Install USB drivers

Connect device to pc using usb chord.

Boot into bootloader

Let pc install all drivers

etc etc.

IN ERASE TICK BOOT,SYSTEM,USERDATA

Now try to flash a firmware.
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
ok

thanks ill try both
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
Hold on wait to get some links for you what p.c are you using windows ?

You need to have motorola drivers installed.
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
doesnt work

i tried flashing that file but rsd cant find it and i still have to try the adt option ill report back in a few hours so ill let you know
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
link

you have to have motorola usb drivers installed flash with rsd lite.

Use must rsd lite when flashing sbf unless you mack.

Any other tools may brick your phone.

http://android.fjfalcon.com/xt720/sbf/STR_U2_03.20.1.sbf

Try this one what windows are you using
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
im using windows 7 rsd lite 5.6
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
i cant see a link
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
details! details!

WOAH! im going to need a lot more deatiailed expanation from somone ive only used this once before an i was completly lost :confused: :silly:
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
A quick question

Just a quick question, Has anyone seen anything similar to my problem? :confused:
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
Go to motorola and make sure you have right usb drivers instilled.
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
ok tell me the next step now
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
ok next step
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
Found somthing

i found a interestingly similar post to mine but i havent used any switcher

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1089148
[Milestone XT720 General] fjfalcon:
Just flash any sbf and make full wipe in stock recovery =)
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
Did you download this sbf and it not the one you tryed before.

Go to bootloader

Click on rsd lite

Conect to phone

Rsd lite should show you conected.

Click on filename a box right by it

A little box will popup click on look in box on the side of it.

Click on sbf .

Hit start do not disconect until phone boots
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
i reflashed a couple different sbfs all have the same issue and i cant get into recovery
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
i did exactly what you said outcome:

STATUS- PLEASE MANUALLY POWER THIS PHONE

PROGRESS-100% COMPLETE

???!!!?!?!?!

PS this is the same thing that happens every time
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
Screenshot

Here a screenshot might clear things up i have highlighted the area of attention
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
So it stays at bootloop?
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
yes

might clear something up as well to get into recovery i usually hold volume up + gallery key which has always worked for me but thats when the screen shuts off and back on again i have also tried other methods

Gallery + volume up= off and on

Gallery = volume down= Nothing

Gallery = shutter=on and off

Shutter + Volume (up or down) = bootloader
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
The little media down and then hold power down to get to stock recovery.
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
tried it does nothing
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
Take picture of your phone if you can.

What flash tool did you try to use.
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
ill have the pics in a sec but what do you mean by which flash tool did i use i used rsd lite and openrecovery before that
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
PICTURES

Here they are hope they help

1 Phone off

2 Bootloop (been like this for a few miniutes)

3 Bootloader

4 Bootloader closeup
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
It a milestone xt720 thats for sure.

So no stock recovery.

Give me threw minutes im going to upload couple things for you to try.

Unzip and flash this stock bootloader.

mike
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
OFF TOPIC

i just wanted to point out (off topic) how amazing of a phone this is and it has endless possibilities but Motorola made a huge mistake not paying more attention to it it could have of been a next generation phone. This has really made me loose respect for motorola but they're still an ok company for me. But has anyone any theory why they gave up on this phone?
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
If this phone was 512 ram it would have been a MUCH BETTER PHONe.
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
although the xda special hellmonger rom (2.2 android) gives 75-80+ mb ram off the bat and gets up to 100 while other custom roms only get 25-30 mb ram and up to 70 but were getting off topic

for any newbies it was said it has 512 ram but thats incorrect it has 256mb ram and 512 mb rom
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
So did unzip bootloader a flash it.

It just a stock bootloader.
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
Im sorry but that sentence made no sense to me please be clearer on what im supposse to do
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
Down zip file

Unzip it

Flash it with rsd lite

See if this fixes bootloader.
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
Oh ok thanks. ill try it report back in the morning
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
NEVERMIND anyway will i need to reflash firmware after this
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
Motorola's recovery is holding both camera+media while powering on. See the second part here:

https://motorola-global-en-aus.cust...one-xt720---master-reset-/-factory-data-reset

If you've flashed an sbf, you're probably fine. You just need get into stock recovery and wipe data/factory reset.
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
Ok i've done that but after a few seconds the screen (and the whole phone) shut off.
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
Reflashing

Here's what happens when i'm re-flashing anything over RSD lite.

-screen goes from boot-loader to "SW UPDATE"(being in the top left hand corner for about a second)

-Screen flickers a few times and in the middle of the left hand side of the screen appears " SW UPDATE

IN PROGRESS"

-once RSD says complete it says rebooting phone the white moto logo appears for a few seconds and then shuts off then the 2nd time the phone goes into a boot-loop and RSD LITE says please manually power this phone.
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
SAFE MODE

Quick question, Does this phone have a safemode?
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
Mabey a solution

I have found this mabey i could try reflashing the recovery system might that help?

http://android.doshaska.net/rootable
[Milestone XT720 General] pajo985:
Hi!

same thing happened to me (and I am not newbie in modding moto phones) TWICE (on two different XT720's)

I couldn't do anything, but surely some problem is with recovery.

Try to flash stock recovery which mchlbenner gave you.

I think that this is only solution...

EDIT: mchlbenner actually give you bootloader, not recovery...

I don't know what you should do :(
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
This the stock bootloader this is your best bet.
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
All of Motorola's SBFs include the recovery image. Personally I've never used RSD lite. I have always used sbf_flash (Linux, supports MacOS but haven't used it there myself). From what you are describing about the phone's behavior it sounds like the flash is proceeding correctly.

And it sounds like you are able to enter stock recovery. That's an important clue because it guarantees that all the software leading up to recovery and recovery itself is untampered Motorola bits and doesn't need to be reflashed (i.e. it all passes validation using public key cryptographic signature checks).

Which sbf are you flashing?

There is a modified sbf that we call xt720_mod.sbf that has a vulnerable stock recovery that can be exploited to enter OpenRecovery. It has a complicated install proceedure, but it might get you back into OpenRecovery. (Assuming stock recovery is working)

Also be 100% certain your battery is fully charged.
[Milestone XT720 General] pajo985:
I think that he can't get into recovery, and that problem was facing myself, with constant bootlop, of course...

this is my thread which I started 2 years ago:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1238383

and I can see that several users had same problem with bootlop which couldn't been fixed

why is this happening to some XT's - I really don't know :(
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
Did you try removing the sdcard when trying to get into stock recovery? Possibly if the filesystem is dirty/messed up enough, recovery gets stuck mounting the sdcard and the crash detector causes a reboot. I can't remember if sdcard is required to enter stock recovery, but I doubt it.
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
i removed the sd and sim and tried it with the sd and sim but same results
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
1-Now i cant get into the recovery only bootloader

2-tell me more about your program for flashing

3-ive got a theory if i can get into bootloader than maby theres a way to get into the phones files and start from there
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
one more thing whenever i hold a certain key config it turns the screen (and the phone ) off and turns back on and off every few seconds untill i let go in that case it stays off or goes into a bootloop. since this is happening only when certain keys are pressed what if its triggering somthing in the phone or system? :confused:
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
its required for open recovery but not stock
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
tried it same thing happens
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
does anyone know why this could of happend mabey we can reverse the process
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
The flickering you describe isn't something I've seen myself and I can't remember reading others mentioning it before. I suppose it could be a loose connection or hardware failure.
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
so what do you or anyone else for that matter suggest?

also what was that special firmware you talked about?
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
I don't know what to suggest. You could send it to service (but it's old enough now that I don't know if Motorola still services these). Maybe try having it cleaned by a water damage place. I don't know how much XT720 sells for anymore, but I suspect its near the point of diminishing returns where repair costs the same as or more than buying a used one. I might be tempted try a different battery. Or open it and reseat the cables--except this generally means that the 8MP sticker is destroyed.

XT720mod.sbf is useless unless you can enter stock recovery.

[MOD] xt720mod sbf. read all thread before you do anything http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1366816

One thing that has always puzzled me about XT720 is why flashing an empty data.img and cache.img from the bootloader is not the same as doing a factory reset... I never understood that. Anyway you can try that, using sbf_flash or sbf depacker.
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
how would you exactly reset the cables and how would that help?
[Milestone XT720 General] pajo985:
just a note...

you don't have to destroy 8 mpx sticker - all you need to do is to turn on hair dryer and heat a phone for about 10-20 seconds

after that sitcker go off very easy
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
Unfortantiy this phone had many issues that the losers motorola would not fix.

I dont think theirs a fix for your xt720.

I do still like the xt720 but will NEVER OWN a motorla phone again!!!@.
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
Aha! I knew I was doing something wrong!! :cyclops:

This is how I learned to take it apart: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WCVqEMZbU0. I always wondered why his stickers came off so cleanly, they would always separate down the middle for me. (the first one I took apart was a brick I purchased off CraigsList for $20)
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
give more detailed instructions
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
anyway did you fix the brick and if so how?
[Milestone XT720 General] Mioze7Ae:
No, I didn't fix it, I just wanted to see what was inside. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21143792&postcount=64

I honestly don't know how to fix your phone and why you can't enter stock recovery. It could be something as simple as your physical buttons are broken/dirty/have poor contact so the phone doesn't get the boot to recovery signal. If it was something like one of the ribbon cable connectors came loose, simply taking it apart and putting it back together might fix that.
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
Thank You,i appreciate all the info you gave me ill try to take it from here but i would really like for anyone with info to come forward and share it once again thanks
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
could you possibly provide a little more detailed explanation
[Milestone XT720 General] pilev:
This is not 100 % complete. It needs to power up manually.and after that it is 100% complete.

If it stuck on Moto logo, then u have to pull out the battery pull it in again and go into bootloader and all of this without unpluging the phone.
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
ok ill try
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
well that got rsd to say pass and finish but i still get the same problem
[Milestone XT720 General] REPUBLIKASRPSKA:
Hey man , i was wondering if i could get a little more detailed explanation and mabey a link
[Milestone XT720 General] msentesy:
HELP: Boot loop problem

I tried to install the latest CM7.2.4, not realizing it had a custom kernel, and that led me into a boot loop. Please help!!

I can boot into android's recovery but do not know how to copy a good update.zip to the internal SD card.

Is there a way to do this on-phone? The files are right there on the external SD. Or do I have to connect it to my computer?

My situation:

Using Open Recovery I tried to install CM7 with custom kernel on my XT720

It gave an error: "assert failed: write_raw_image... Status 7" As I was looking that up, my phone blackscreened. After a while I pulled the battery.

Then on startup it went into a bootloop after a picture of a broken screen saying "2ndboot kernel restart in progress." (Presumably the kernel wasn't properly applied?)

Trying to boot into bootloader says battery is too low.

Phone will only turn on when plugged into outlet.

What I think I need to do:

5 Copy a good update from my external SD over the bad update.zip on the internal SD, and apply the update to reset the kernel, etc.

4 Open Recovery could do this, if I could load it.

3 I could load Openrecovery if I could get the bootloader to run,

2 I could get the bootloader to run if my battery would charge.

1 I can borrow a charged battery from a friend.
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
You flash wrong rom you flashed milestone.

You to flash using rsdlite google it and motorola usb drivers google it also .
[Milestone XT720 General] msentesy:
Wrong ROM

Thanks, mchlbenner! I've downloaded RSDlite, and have the Motorola Device Manager, which is supposed to include the USB Drivers. I also found the stock ROM for my Milestone XT720.

Now my problem is that I can't find a way to copy to the internal SD card. When I go to bootloader it says the battery is too low, so it doesn't connect to the computer so I can't use the RSDlite (I left it overnight: the bootloop seems to prevent the battery from charging).

So is there a way to boot to a terminal/shell where I can manually copy a file from the external SD card to the internal? Or is there a way I can boot to the OpenRecovery program on the external SD card? Or should I just get another battery?

---------- Post added at 01:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:44 PM ----------

Yes, you're right. I was mistakenly trying to install the CyanogenMod 7.2.4f (Android 2.3.7)for Milestone. I have a Milestone XT720, and the latest Gingerbread / CyanogenMod I could find was 7.2, which I found had some instability issues with Maps and Dialer.

(It took me a long time to find two lists of Motorola XT720 ROMs)

Are there any better / more recent ROMs? I tried several of the Milestone XT270 Ice Cream Sandwich ROMs from fjfalcon, but I wasn't able to get it smooth enough/get enough memory free for it to be useable.
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
You need to get into bootloader mode

Pull battery and at the same time push down on power,volume,and camera button.

After this flash with rsd lite.
[Milestone XT720 General] msentesy:
Need a Charged Battery

Thanks, mchlbenner. Bootloader says battery power low, cannot program. So I take it that to make bootloader useful I must have a charged battery, and there's no way to charge the battery in this phone (it just bootloops when plugged in). I'll borrow the battery from my friend's milestone.
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
Try cm7.2.4 motorio-pure-speed it one of my ports.

The latest cm9 phone doest work!
[Milestone XT720 General] msentesy:
Pure Speed CM7.2.4/Gingerbread Port for XT720

Thanks for the recommendations. I just spent a few reading up on your work on the CM9: was beta 5B stable in the end?

I'll try your Motorio CM7.2 port. Do you like it better than LeWa 7.1?

I'm trying to understand the instructions. Is this right?

Preparation: Using bootloader + RSD Lite, Flash to Stock ROM 2.1

1. Get the special version of Open Recovery and extract it

2. Boot into Bootloader (Power + Volume Down + Camera)

3.	using RSD Lite Flash the SBF Mod to the phone (for the Milestone XT720. Phone won't boot from this)

4. Reboot into stock recovery (Power key + Camera Key + Gallery/Menu Key. At Triangle/Exclamation screen Volume Up*+*Gallery*Key)

5.	Choose update from SD card: it will open Open Recovery

6. Using Open Recovery install CM 7.2.4-Motorio

7.	Also install Bootfix-CM7 (for Milestone XT720)

8. Reboot
[Milestone XT720 General] Emars378:
Did this work? I am curious to know if you were able to make any head way. This developed for me after flashing dexter's rom. it was working fine then one day the poof, I now have the same symptoms as you do. I have since moved on to a HTC one s, but i would like to get this running and maybe give it to my father as he is using an old blackberry 9300. I am pretty sure I tried the whole battery charge in a different phone thing and i don't recall it working for me.
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
Their is no developement for this phone i do monitor my threads but everyone else has moved on!
[Milestone XT720 General] msentesy:
Requesting help with your pure speed port:

So I got to step 5 but it stopped. I'm not sure what to do with the special Open Recovery file, below. I put it in the root directory of my external SD card, and when I booted up into stock recovery and said "Apply Update" it said no update.zip was found, and Open Recovery did not open.
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
or

Use this openrecovery extract to main sdcard.
[Milestone XT720 General] msentesy:
OR link is dead

Thanks for reposting it, but the link is dead! Do you have another?

...and extract it to the internal sdcard? it didn't work to extract it to the external card

---------- Post added at 08:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:45 PM ----------

Hi Emars,

Yes, it worked, but there was a hiccup: SD Lite didn't recognize my phone. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling SD Lite, using the 4.6 portable version, reinstalling the Motorola drivers, earlier and later versions... still nothing. My computer recognized a Motorola Flash device, but didn't connect by USB, even though the phone said it was connected by USB.

So I tried it on a different computer on Win XP, and my phone was visible using all the latest versions. Then I went back to my Windows 7 computer, and it recognized it too, and everything proceeded just fine.

(Well, apart from the fact that neither Chronos X nor mchlbenner's CM7.2.4 port worked, and for now I'm using the (fast!) stock Android 2.1)
[Milestone XT720 General] Emars378:
Well you maybe better off then me. I have two batteries for this phone, both at a 60% charge. When I try to power up my phone nothing happens. I get 4 lights at the bottom when I plug it into the charger, if I remove the charger the lights go out. I looked around this issue seems to be common but I haven't found a definitive fix for it. I will leave it plugged in for a few hours to see if any changes occur.
[Milestone XT720 General] mchlbenner:
First thing what did not work on cm7 .2.4 pure speed?

2.1is very slow.

---------- Post added at 06:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:44 PM ----------

Sorry but your problem is hardware not software i have one with same issue.
[Milestone XT720 General] Emars378:
Do you know what part of the hardware falied? It's weird that this developed a few days after flashing a ROM but I guess it's possible.
[Milestone XT720 General] msentesy:
Bootloader screen

My situation was a bit different: when I plugged my phone in, the M appeared, and after that it went directly to a picture of a broken screen with "2ndboot kernel restart in progress" written at the bottom. But I could get into bootloader before the M screen. As long as you can get into bootloader it will work! Can you do that?